KATHMANDU, June 1, 2009 - नेवाः स्वायत्त राज्यको माग गर्दै यही जेष्ठ १८ गते गर्न लागिएको नेपाल बन्द सफल पार्न राजधानीमा ऐक्यबद्धता र्‍याली आयोजना गरियो ।
काठमाडौंको बसन्तपुबाट शुरु भएको र्‍याली न्यूरोड, रानीपोखरी, जमल, पुतलीसडक, भृकुटीमण्डप हुंदै शान्ति बाटिकामा पुगी कोणसभामा परिणत भएको थियो । र्‍यालीमा नेवाः देय् दबु, नेवा राष्ट्रिय मुक्ति मोर्चा, नेवा जागरण मञ्च, नेपाल भाषा मिसा खलः ज्यापु महागुथि लगायतका संघसस्थाको सहभागिता थियो ।
र्‍याली अघि आयोजित सभामा सभासदहरु तिर्थराम डंगोल, मंगलसिद्धि मानन्धर लगायतले नेपालका आदिवासी नेवारहरुलाई उनीहरुको वासस्थान नेपाल मण्डल र उपत्यकाबाट विस्थापित गर्न र उनीहरुको भाषा तथा संस्कृति मास्न राज्यबाटै षडयन्त्र भइरहेको आरोप लगाए ।
उनीहरुले काठमाडौं उपत्यका शहरी विकास सम्बन्धी विधेयक खारेजीको माग पनि गरे ।
बन्दलाई सफल पार्न भोलि बिहान मोटरसाइकल र्‍याली र बेलुका मसाल जुलुस गर्ने घोषणा गरिएको छ ।
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Normal life in the capital and adjoining other eight districts has been crippled on Monday due to the banda called by the Joint Action Committee for Newa Autonomous State.
Demanding an autonomous Newa state, the activists have halted transportation and shutdown entire market areas, academic institutions and industries in the capital.
Vehicles have remained off the road due to the strike.
The agitators vandalised and torched more than two dozen vehicles and manhandled media personnel for defying the strike.
The activists vandalised and torched the motorcycle of Kantipur FM media persons --Krishna Poudel and Hem Subedi-- at Lalitpur. Likewise, they also torched the vehicle of state-owned Nepal Television and Image Channel.
Ambulance, press vehicles and tourist buses also were also affected by the strike.
Tourists were also not spared by the activists who treated them in an ill mannered way. Among the activists who vandalised the vehicles, the number of children has been overwhelming.
The activists vandalised and torched almost three dozens of vehicles in the capital. They barged into vegetable and fruit market in Kalimati and threw away the vegetables and vandalised half a dozen vehicles parked outside the vegetable market.
Meanwhile, the police have escorted some 200 vehicles stranded at Nagdunga into the capital.
Likewise, the shutdown has partially affected the life in Kavre, Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk, Nuwakot and Makwanpur districts.
The Unified CPN (Maoist), Newa Mukti Morcha, Newa Loktantrik Manch of UML and other organisations affiliated to the Newa body called the general shutdown demanding declaration of Newa State including 11 districts in the Kathmandu Valley and adjoining areas.
The committee has also demanded that Newari language be used as official language for government works and abrogation of the bill on urban development that the government is working on.
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